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            <h1>Installing on Windows</h1>
            <p>The Embedthis Appweb install package for Windows is an installation executable compressed in a ZIP file
            called:</p>
            <pre class="code">
appweb-VERSION-BUILD-MS-WIN-i686.exe.zip
</pre>
            <p>The distribution image contains the binary distribution, documentation and development headers, and
            libraries in the one package. During installation you will have the option of installing the full package
            or portions of the distribution.</p><a id="exe"></a>
            <h2>Installing the EXE Image</h2>
            <ol>
                <li>Login with administrator privileges.</li>
                <li>Run winzip and extract the contents of the zipped EXE install image to a folder of your
                choosing.</li>
                <li>Browse to the location holding the EXE install image and run it.</li>
            </ol><a id="removing"></a>
            <h2>Removing Appweb</h2>
            <ol>
                <li>Login with administrator privileges.</li>
                <li>Run the <b>Add / Remove Programs</b> applet from the <b>control panel</b>.</li>
                <li>Select <b>Embedthis Appweb</b> and choose remove.</li>
            </ol><a id="silentInstallation"></a>
            <h2>Silent Installation</h2>
            <p>If you need to do batch or unattended installations, you can install Appweb silently. Use the
            <b>/silent</b> switch to suppress questions and <b>/verysilent</b> to suppress all visual
            output.</p>

            <a id="running"></a>
            <h2>Running Appweb</h2>
            <p>Appweb will start when the installation procedure completes and will launch your browser directed at the
            Appweb local home page. Thereafter, Appweb will automatically start if the system is rebooted.</p>
            <p>If you wish to manually stop Appweb, right click on the Appweb Monitor icon in the system tray (lower
            left corner of the task bar) and select the <b>Stop Appweb</b> option.
            To restart Appweb, select the <b>Start Appweb</b> option.</p>

            <p>Alternatively, you can run appweb manually in a command window.:</p>
            <pre class="code">
cd \Program Files\Embedthis Appweb
bin\appweb
</pre>
            <p>Appweb is configured by default to listen on port 7777. To test that it is serving pages, point your
            browser at http://localhost:7777. To tailor the Embedthis Appweb configuration, including the default port,
            you may wish to edit the <b>appweb.conf</b> configuration file.</p>
            <p>To get all the options for Appweb, run:</p>
            <pre class="code">
bin\appweb --help
</pre>
